ICTP has signed an agreement with the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) to collaborate on physics and mathematics training for Iraqi scientists.

Under the agreement, up to 15 Iraqi scientists may visit ICTP annually to participate in ongoing and relevant activities.

ICTP will also assist Iraqi scientists in their plans to build a centre for physics and mathematics in Baghdad, culminating in an ICTP affiliated centre in the next five years. ICTP will offer scientific and organisational advice to the centre once it is created.

The agreement was signed by ICTP Director K. R. Sreenivasan and Professor A. M. Taleb, who was representing MOHESR.